| 28th 
            December, on this day  0418 St Boniface 
            I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 0801 Louis 
            the Pious occupies Barcelona
 1065 Consecretion of Westminster 
            Abbey in London
 1694 Mary 
            II of England dies
 1732 1st known ad for "Poor 
            Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette)
 1776 Battle 
            of Fort Cumberland ends
 1821 Naples: Gioacchini Rossini 
            moves to Bologna
 1828 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed
 1832 John 
            Calhoun becomes 1st Vice-President to resign (differences with 
            President Jackson)
 1836 Spain recognizes independence of México
 1836 Proclamation of the colony of South Australia, now celebrated 
            in the state of South Australia as Proclamation 
            Day.
 1846 Iowa becomes 29th state
 1849 M Jolly-Bellin 
            discovers dry-cleaning, 
            he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine and oil on his clothing 
            and sees cleaning effect
 1850 Rangoon, 
            Burma destroyed by fire
 1861 
            Battle of Mount Zion Church
 1864 Battle of Egypt Station, MS
 1869 William Finley Semple of Mount Vernon OH, patents chewing 
            gum
 1877 John Stevens, Wisconsin, applies for a patent on his flour rolling 
            mill
 1879 Collapse of the 
            Tay Railway Bridge in Scotland as the train from Edinburgh to 
            Dundee is travelling across. The engine and carriages fall into the 
            river below - killing 90 people
 1887 Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted
 1893 French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Timbuktu
 1895 World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris
 1897 Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano 
            de Bergerac" premieres in Paris
 1904 1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London)
 1906 Ecuador adopts its constitution
 1908 A major earthquake shakes southern Calabria, Italy and Sicily 
            - an estimated 75,000 people are killed
 1923 George 
            Bernard Shaw's "St Joan" premieres in New York NY
 1925 George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes" 
            premieres in New York NY
 1926 Imperial 
            Airways begins England-India mail and passenger service
 1928 Last recording of Ma 
            Rainey, "Mother of the Blues" is made
 1928 Louis Armstrong makes 78rpm recording of "West 
            End Blues"
 1931 Lin-Sen 
            succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as President of Nanjing-China
 1937 Fascist Octavian 
            Goga becomes PM of Romania/begins spread of Judaism
 1937 The Irish Free State becomes the Irish Republic. A new constitution 
            establishes the country as a sovereign state under the name of Eire
 1939 Meat rationing begins in Britain
 1940 The 
            Greco-Italian War continues to go badly for the Italians and, 
            with the Greeks holding roughly one-quarter of Albania, Italy requests 
            military assistance from Germany against the Greeks.
 1941 Japanese paratroopers land on Sumatra.
 1941 State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia
 1942 World War II: Japanese planes bomb Calcutta in India
 1942 Robert Sullivan becomes 1st pilot to fly the Atlantic 100 times
 1942 Oberkommando Wehrmacht orders strategist flight out of Kaukasus
 1943 All inhabitants of Kalmukkie deported, about 70,000 killed
 1944 Eisenhower and Montgomery meet in Hasselt, Belgium
 1944 Churchill and his Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden are in Athens 
            in an attempt to reconcile the warring factions.
 1944 Leonard 
            Bernstein's musical "On 
            the Town" premieres in New York NY
 1948 The 
            IDF crosses the Egyptian border
 1948 US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite
 1949 20th 
            Century Fox announces it will produce TV programs
 1950 Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea
 1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
 1961 Tennessee Williams' "Night 
            of the Iguana" premieres in New York NY
 1962 UN troops occupy Elizabethstad Katanga
 1963 In Britain, the popular satirical TV programme 'That 
            Was The Week That Was' is transmitted for the last time - allegedly 
            scrapped by BBC governors due to political sensitivity
 1964 Principal filming of "Dr 
            Zhivago" begins
 1966 13 die in a train crash in Everett, MA
 1966 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's 
            Rebublic of China
 1967 Muriel 
            Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange
 1968 100,000 attend Miami 
            Pop Festival
 1968 Beatles' "Beatles-The 
            White Album" goes number 1 and staysfor 9 weeks
 1968 Israeli assault on Beirut Airport - destroying 13 Arab aircraft
 1969 Neil Simon's "Last 
            of the Red Hot Lovers" premieres in New York NY
 1969 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk 
            USSR
 1970 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution
 1972 Kim 
            Il-song, becomes President of North Korea
 1972 Martin 
            Bormann's skeleton found in Berlin (Hitlers deputy)
 1972 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk 
            USSR
 1973 Alexander 
            Solzhenitsyn publishes "Gulag Archipelag"
 1974 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed
 1975 Rescue teams fail to reach any of the 372 miners trapped by an 
            underground explosion at a coal mine in north east India
 1976 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
 1976 Winnie 
            Mandela banished in South Africa
 1978 United Airlines 
            Flight 173, a DC-8, runs out of fuel while circling near Portland, 
            Oregon in order for the crew to investigate a light indicating a problem 
            with the landing gear. The plane crashes in a wooded area, killing 
            10 and injuring 24 of the 181 on board.
 1983 US says they will leave UNESCO 
            on Dec 31, 1984
 1984 Creosote 
            bush determined to be 11,700 years old
 1984 Rajiv 
            Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India
 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk 
            USSR
 1985 Warring Lebanese Moslem and Christian leaders sign peace agreement
 1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
 1987 In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his 
            relatives are found at his home near Dover AR cism
 1988 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk 
            USSR
 1989 Alexander 
            Dubcek elected parliament chairman of Czechoslovakia
 1989 Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die
 1990 2 die in a NYC subway accident 7
 1991 8 are crushed to death at a RAP basketball game at City College, 
            New York, NY
 1991 Irene the Icon of the Greek Orthodox church returns after being 
            stolen
 1991 Ted Turner is named Time 
            Magazine Man of the Year
 1991 Ninibeth Beatriz Leal Jiminez, 20, of Venez, crowned 41st Miss 
            World
 1999 Saparmurat 
            Niyazov is proclaimed President for Life in Turkmenistan.
 2000 U.S. retail giant Montgomery 
            Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
 2005 A U.S. immigration judge orders John 
            Demjanjuk deported to Ukraine for crimes against humanity committed 
            during World War II
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        | Birthdates which 
            occurred on 28th December : 1484 Joachim Vadianus 
            [von Watt] Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen 1631 Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist
 1694 Ceslav Vanura composer
 1731 Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master
 1738 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky composer
 1751 Josef Blazej Smrcek composer
 1753 Johan Wikmanson composer
 1763 John Molson founded Montréal brewery (Molson Canadian)
 1783 Robert Gallenberg composer
 1787 Hermanus J Abbring Dutch writer/engineer on Curaçao
 1801 James Barnes Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 
            1869
 1805 Tomas Genoves y Lapetra composer
 1812 Julius Reitz composer
 1822 William Booth Taliaferro Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), 
            died in 1898
 1823 Thomas Alexander Scott Assistant Secretary War (Union), died 
            in 1881
 1826 Conrad Busken Huet Dutch vicar/literary (Country of Rubens)
 1827 Robert Latimer McCook volunteers Brigadier-General (Union), died 
            in 1862
 1828 Karl L Kahlbaum German psychiatrist (katatonie)
 1833 Charles Miller Shelley Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), 
            died in 1907
 1835 Archibald Geikie British geologist
 1837 Benjamin Johnson Lang composer
 1842 Calixa Lavallee composer
 1845 Homer Newton Bartlett composer
 1849 Herbert von Bismarck German politician/son of Otto of Bismarck
 1855 Juan Zorrilla de San Martin Uruguay's diplomat/poet (Tabaré)
 1856 [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson Staunton VA, (28 President-D-1913-21, 
            Nobel 1919)
 1859 Gerard Brucken Fock composer
 1859 John W Fortescue military historian
 1860 Alexander von Fielitz composer
 1865 Félix E Vallotton Swiss/French painter/writer (Chaste 
            Suzanna)
 1868 Marie van Regteren Altena Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers)
 1872 Pio Baroja Y Nessa San Sebastian Spain, writer (Camino de Perfección)
 1880 Christian DFL Leipoldt South african physician/writer/poet
 1882 Arthur Eddington England, astrophysicist/cosmologist/mathematician
 1883 A Wolfenstein writer
 1884 Joseph Pholien Belgian premier (1950-52)/communist hunter
 1887 Charles Dingle
 1888 Gabriel von Wayditch composer
 1889 Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
 1890 Frank Butler Oxford England, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, 
            China)
 1894 Ed Healey NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears)
 1894 André de Meulemeester Belgian WWI pilot (Eagle of Flanders)
 1895 Auguste Lumiere twin brother of Louis who opened 1st commercial 
            cinema
 1895 Louis Lumiere twin brother of Auguste who opened 1st commercial 
            cinema
 1896 Roger Huntington Sessions Brooklyn NY, composer (Black Maskers)
 19-- Bob Perlow Pawtucket RI, TV host (People Do the Craziest Things)
 1902 Mortimer J Adler New York NY, author (Encyclopedia Brittanica)
 1902 Shen Congwen writer
 1903 John Von Neumann mathematician/astronomer (Bocher Award 1938)
 1904 Clabon W Allen Australian/British astronomer
 1904 Sergei Yutkevich St Petersburg Russia, director (Otello, Banya)
 1905 Cliff Arquette Toledo OH, comedian (Charlie Weaver)
 1905 Earl "Fatha" Hines Duquesne PA, jazz pianist (Deep 
            Forest)
 1907 Roman Palester Polish composer: The Weichsel
 1908 Lew Ayres Minnesota, actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Dr 
            Kildare)
 1909 Billy Williams Waco TX, singer (Your Show of Shows)
 1909 Nikola J Vaptsarov Bulgaria poet (Subrani Sutsjinenija)
 1910 John Kerr New Zealand, cricketer (opening batsman in 1930's)
 1911 Sam Levenson New York NY, humorist (Sam Levenson Show, Masquerade 
            Party)
 1911 Phani Majumdar film maker
 1913 Lou Jacobi Toronto Ontario, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Melba)
 1914 Lee Bowman Cincinnati OH, actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover)
 1914 Bernard Youens British actor (Coronation Street)
 1915 Roebuck "Pops" Staples US gospel/singer (Staple Singers)
 1916 Noel Johnson British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash)
 1917 Ellis Clarke President of Trinidad & Tobago (1976-87)
 1919 Inocenti Carreno composer
 1920 Steve Van Buren NFL halfback (Philadelphia Eagles)
 1921 Eddy Doorenbos Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist
 1921 Johnny Otis R&B singer
 1922 Nyron Sultan Asgarali cricketer (West Indian opening bat 1957)
 1922 Stan Lee comics artist/creator (Spiderman, Incredible Hulk)
 1923 Andrew Duggan actor (Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War)
 1924 Rod Serling Syracuse NY, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery)
 1924 Johnny Otis [Veliotes] composer (Every Beat of My Heart)
 1925 Hildegarde Neff Ulm Germany, actress (Touch of Class, Mozambique)
 1925 Bill [William] Westwood British bishop of Peterborough
 1926 Donald Carr cricketer (England player in 50's, later MCC honcho)
 1927 Martin Milner Detroit MI, actor (Route 66, Adam 12, Life of Riley)
 1927 Anne Legendre Armstrong ambassador (to UK)
 1927 Simon Raven English playwright/critic (Alms for Oblivion)
 1928 Kamillo Lendvay composer
 1929 Owen Bieber United Auto Workers president
 1929 Terry Sawchuk NHL goaltender (Red Wings, Bruins, Maple Leafs, 
            Rangers)
 1929 Maarten Schmidt Netherlands/US astronomer (quasars)
 1931 Georg "Org" Marais South African economist/underminister 
            of Finance
 1931 Guy Debord situationist
 1931 John de Mol Dutch vocalist/composer/producer
 1932 Dorsey Burnette Memphis, rocker (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One)
 1932 Manuel Puig Argentina, writer (La Traicion de Rita Hayworth, 
            Blood of Requited Love)
 1932 Clem Schouwenaars Flemish poet/writer
 1932 Roy Hattersley British journalist/Labour-parliament leader
 1933 Jack Perkins Cleveland OH, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday, NBC 
            Magazine)
 1933 Nichelle Nichols Robbins IL, actress (Uhura-Star Trek)
 1934 Maggie Smith Ilford England, actress (Death on Nile, Clash of 
            Titans)
 1934 David Warrilow actor (Simon, Radio Days, Dakota Road, Barton 
            Fink)
 1934 John Akers business executive
 1934 Peggy Wilson golfer
 1935 Fernando Lopes Portugal, director (Encoberto, Matar Saudades)
 1936 Nichelle Nichols Robbins IL, actress (Uhura-Star Trek)
 1938 Bruce Yarnell Los Angeles CA, actor (Outlaws)
 1938 Charles Neville US rock vocalist/saxophonist (Neville Brothers)
 1938 Janet Hough Bryant author/performing artist/educator
 1938 Richard Sudhalter British(?) writer/jazz musician
 1940 Alvin Elliot Singleton composer
 1940 Lonnie Liston Smith US jazz performer (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady)
 1941 Don Francisco Spanish variety show host (Sabado Gigante)
 1941 Intikhab Alam Pakistan cricket leg-spinner (1959-77)
 1942 Paul Horowitz New York NY, physicist, META project (Sloan Award 
            1971-3)
 1943 David Peterson Toronto Ontario, premier of Ontario Canada (L) 
            (1982- )
 1943 Bobby Comstock rocker
 1943 Oscar D Dhlomo South African Secretary-General of Inkatha (1978-90)
 1945 Dwight Bement rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
 1945 Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva King of Nepal (1972- )
 1945 Max Hastings British editor-in-chief (Daily Telegraph)
 1946 Edgar Winter Beaumont TX, rocker (They Only Come Out at Night)
 1946 Hubie Green golfer (US Open-1977, PGA-1985)
 1946 Jorge Velasquez sportsman
 1947 Dick [Richard] Diamonde [Van Der Sluys] Hilversum Holland, rock 
            bassist (Easybeats-Friday on My Mind)
 1947 Andrew Olle broadcaster
 1947 Aurelio Rodriguez baseball player
 1947 Robert Gilliot father of Gerda Havertongs daughter Zulèma
 1948 Jorge Velasquez jockey (Kentucky Derby-1981, Preakness-1981)
 1950 Alex Chilton Memphis TN, rock guitarist/vocalist (Box Tops-Let 
            Me Get Close to You, The Letter)
 1951 Kenneth Pope NFLer
 1952 Ray Knight 3rd baseman (New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles)
 1952 S Epatha Merkerson Saginaw MI, actress (Lieutenant Van Buren-Law 
            and Order)
 1953 Richard Clayderman pianist (Amour, Romantic America)
 1953 Robert Pittman TV executive/developer (MTV)
 1954 Denzel Washington Mount Vernon NY, actor (Dr Chandler-St Elsewhere)
 1954 Rosie Vela British singer (Zazu, Fools Paradise)
 1954 Tony Rosato Naples Italy, comedian (SCTV, Saturday Night Live, 
            Amanda's)
 1956 Kenneth Gant rocker (Midnight Star-Freak-A-Zoid, Operator, No 
            Parking On The Dance Floor)
 1956 Michael Gibbons rocker (Bo Donaldson & Heywoods-Billy Don't 
            be a Hero)
 1956 Nigel Kennedy English violinist
 1958 Carl Marsden bodyguard
 1958 Carlos Carson football player
 1958 Joe Diffie Tulsa OK, country singer/guitarist (Home)
 1958 Mike McGuire Haleyville AL, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the 
            South)
 1958 Terry Butcher British soccer player
 1959 Everson Walls NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants)
 1960 Chad McQueen actor (Nightforce)
 1960 John Fitzgerald Australia, tennis star
 1960 Marty Roe Lebanon OH, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
 1960 Raymond Bourque Montréal Canada, NHL defenseman (Team 
            Canada, Boston)
 1960 Terri Garber Miami FL, actress (Leslie Carrington-Dynasty)
 1960 Zane Smith Madison WI, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
 1961 Heather Hafner Santa Barbara CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-7th-90)
 1962 Keith Lee basketball player (Memphis State)
 1963 Mel Stottlemyre Jr pitcher (Toronto Blues Jays)
 1963 Malcolm Gets actor (Richard Karinsky-Caroline In the City)
 1963 Willow Bay TV host (Good Morning America)
 1964 Charles Sinek dance skater (& Beata Handra-1997 Pac Coast 
            Senior 3rd)
 1965 Mary Waddell Gainey Hartsville SC, Miss South Carolina-America 
            (1991-2nd)
 1965 Martine Robine newspaper writer/Miss Junior Miss-France (1984)
 1966 Joe Wolf NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
 1967 Paul Lynch Sydney New South Wales Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
 1968 Jennifer Palmquest Wilmot SD, Miss South Dakota-America (1991)
 1968 Darrick Brownlow NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
 1968 Jozef Dano Skalica Czechoslovakia, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 
            1998)
 1968 Kurt Schulz NFL safety (Buffalo Bills)
 1969 James Trapp NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
 1970 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Haarlem Netherlands, tennis star (95, 
            96 Oklahoma City)
 1970 Elizabeth McIntyre Dunbar WV, Miss America-West Virginia (1996)
 1970 James Jett NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders)
 1971 Melvin Nieves San Juan Puerto Rico, outfielder (Detroit Tigers)
 1971 Michael Watkins NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers)
 1971 Steve Morrison NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
 1972 Adam Clawson Salt Lake City UT, slalom single canoe (Olympics-19th-96)
 1972 Adam Vinatieri WLAF punter/kicker (Amsterdam Admirals, New England 
            Patriots)
 1972 Jean-Francois Jomphe Havre St-Pierre CA, NHL right wing (Anaheim)
 1972 Jim Kitts WLAF running back (Frankfurt Galaxy, Miami Dolphins)
 1972 Patrick Rafter Queensland Australia, tennis star (1993 USTA/Aptos 
            California)
 1973 Bobby Taylor NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles)
 1973 Garth John Da Silva Auckland New Zealand, heavyweight boxer (Olympics-96)
 1974 Rob Niedermayer Cassiar, NHL center (Florida Panthers)
 1975 Tannis Vallely New York NY, actress (Janice Lazorotto-Head of 
            the Class)
 1975 Kesley Perrin CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
 1981 Elizabeth Jordan Carr 1st American test tube baby
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaths which occurred on 28th December:
 1446 Clemens VIII [Aegyd Muñoz] Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), 
            dies
 1542 Albert Pigge [Pighius] Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 
            52
 1622 François de Sales French bishop of Genèva/writer/saint, 
            dies at 55
 1673 Joan Blaeu Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 
            77
 1694 Queen Mary II of England dies after 5 years of rule at 32
 1706 Pierre Bayle French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 
            59
 1772 Ernst J Earl van/of Biron Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82
 1775 Peter A van de Parra Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies), 
            dies at 61
 1779 Gennaro Manna composer, dies at 64
 1793 Louis Earl of Bylandt Dutch admiral, dies at about 75
 1830 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont composer, dies at 83
 1859 Thomas Babington Macaulay English essayist/historian, dies
 1860 Cornelius Broere Dutch Roman Catholic clergyman/poet, dies at 
            57
 1862 Joaquim Casimiro Junior composer, dies at 54
 1870 Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov composer, dies at 72
 1870 Peter van Schendel Dutch painter, dies at 64
 1876 Frederik Paludan-Müller Danish poet (Abels död), dies 
            at 67
 1878 Jose Bernardo Alcedo composer, dies at 90
 1884 Gerben Colmjon Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56
 1891 Alfred Cellier composer, dies at 47
 1903 George [Robert] Gissing English novelist, dies at 46
 1915 Gerrit Jan van Heek Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies 
            at 78
 1916 Eduard Strauss Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81
 1918 George H White last post Reconstruction congressman (Pennsylvania), 
            dies
 1923 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91
 1932 John Blackham cricketer (35 Tests as Australia WK, caught 37), 
            dies
 1935 Clarence Day writer (Life with Father), dies
 1937 Maurice J Ravel Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris 
            at 62
 1938 Florence Lawrence silent screen actress (Confidence), dies at 
            48
 1945 Theodore Dreiser novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74
 1946 Carrie Jacobs Bond American composer (I Love You Truly), dies 
            at 85
 1947 Victor Emmanuel III king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 
            78
 1948 Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha PM of Egypt, assassinated
 1949 Jack Lovelock New Zealand/US surgeon/athlete (Olympics-gold-1936), 
            dies at 39
 1949 W Hervey Allen US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at 60
 1956 Roelof Kranenburg Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies 
            at 76
 1961 Edith Bolling Galt Wilson 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89
 1963 Abbott Joseph Liebling American journalist/writer, dies
 1963 Paul Hindemith German composer (Composer's World), dies at 68
 1967 Béla Schick Hung/US children's physician (Scarlet Fever), 
            dies at 90
 1969 Henry Oscar actor (Saint in London), dies at 78
 1970 Charles "Sonny" Liston heavyweight boxer champion (1962-64), 
            dies
 1970 L Mendel Rivers (Representative-D-SC), dies at 65
 1971 Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner composer, dies at 83
 1976 Freddie King rocker, dies at 42
 1978 Harry Winston US jeweler for the "rich & famous", 
            dies at 82
 1980 Amir Elahi cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die
 1980 Jersey calf lived 222 days with an artificial heart
 1982 Frederick Douglass Hall composer, dies at 84
 1983 William Demarest actor ("Uncle Charlie" on My Three 
            Sons), dies in Palm Springs at 92
 1983 Dennis Wilson drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39
 1984 Sam Peckinpah director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59
 1986 Andrei Tarkovsky dies
 1986 Louis van Lint Belgian painter, dies at 77
 1987 Charles Malik Lebanon's 1st delegate to the UN, dies at 81
 1989 Robert Wickler dies
 1990 Ed van der Elsken Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65
 1990 Kiel Martin actor (Detective LaRue-Hill Street Blues), dies of 
            cancer at 46
 1990 Lucas Polhaupessy Moluccan leader, dies
 1991 Cassandra Harris actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer 
            at 39
 1991 Jacques Aubuchon actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure
 1992 Mort Greene US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), dies at 80
 1993 Howard Caine dies
 1993 Joop Vervoort Dutch soccer referee, dies at 61
 1993 William L Shirer writer (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich), dies 
            at 89
 1994 Julian Belfrage theatre agent, dies at 60
 1995 Harold Francis Collison trade unionist, dies at 84
 1997 George Fleming cyclist, dies at 80
 1997 James Lees-Milne architecural historian, dies at 89
 1997 Ronald Clive Williams actor/comedian, dies at 68
 
 
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